hollow sea
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hollow sea
First recorded in 1720–30
Example Sentences
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The 24th we had sight of Cape Verd, and next day had a great hollow sea from the north, a common sign that the wind will be northerly, and so it proved.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Kerr, Robert
Then a vaulted billow rushed upon them, and the ship like a cylinder ran on the furious wave plunging through the hollow sea.
From The Argonautica by Seaton, R. C. (Robert Cooper)
I can feel the vasty mountains Heave and settle under me, And the Doomkeel veer and tremor, Crumbling on the hollow sea.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 by Various
A very hard gale at South-West by West, and West-South-West, with heavy squalls attended with Showers of rain, and a large hollow sea, without the least intermission the whole of this 24 Hours.
From Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World by Cook, James
Immediately after passing this shoal, we found the same high hollow sea running as we had in the morning.
From An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island by Hunter, John
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